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digging up old roots/replanting
I bought my home 18 months ago. I didn't like some of the roses and pulled
them out. I've dug about 2 feet into the ground and the roots are still strong. The new rose bushes I'm putting in obviously don't won't have roots that strong for years. Won't the roots from the old bushes shrivel up and die? Is there anything else I can do before I drop the new bushes in? Thanks |
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digging up old roots/replanting
If it is the root stock Dr Huey it might
take some effort to exterminate. I'm still battling a Huey I shovel pruned 2 years ago. Keeps putting out suckers every 2 months or so. Roses tend to deplete nutrients from the soil so putting a new rose in the same spot with out some real soil improvement is not a good idea. When I run into this situation I typically replace the soil in a 2'x2'x2' volume with fresh rich humus. Also add a couple of cups of 'time release' rose food pelets at the bottom. -- Theo in KC Z5 "Me" wrote in message ... I bought my home 18 months ago. I didn't like some of the roses and pulled them out. I've dug about 2 feet into the ground and the roots are still strong. The new rose bushes I'm putting in obviously don't won't have roots that strong for years. Won't the roots from the old bushes shrivel up and die? Is there anything else I can do before I drop the new bushes in? Thanks |
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digging up old roots/replanting
If it is the root stock Dr Huey it might
take some effort to exterminate. I'm still battling a Huey I shovel pruned 2 years ago. Keeps putting out suckers every 2 months or so. Roses tend to deplete nutrients from the soil so putting a new rose in the same spot with out some real soil improvement is not a good idea. When I run into this situation I typically replace the soil in a 2'x2'x2' volume with fresh rich humus. Also add a couple of cups of 'time release' rose food pelets at the bottom. -- Theo in KC Z5 "Me" wrote in message ... I bought my home 18 months ago. I didn't like some of the roses and pulled them out. I've dug about 2 feet into the ground and the roots are still strong. The new rose bushes I'm putting in obviously don't won't have roots that strong for years. Won't the roots from the old bushes shrivel up and die? Is there anything else I can do before I drop the new bushes in? Thanks |
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digging up old roots/replanting
"Theo" wrote in message ws.com...
If it is the root stock Dr Huey it might take some effort to exterminate. I'm still battling a Huey I shovel pruned 2 years ago. Keeps putting out suckers every 2 months or so. Roses tend to deplete nutrients from the soil so putting a new rose in the same spot with out some real soil improvement is not a good idea. When I run into this situation I typically replace the soil in a 2'x2'x2' volume with fresh rich humus. Also add a couple of cups of 'time release' rose food pelets at the bottom. -- When replacing the losers in my garden I excavate a hole about half again as wide and deep as the pot, put a few handfuls of bone meal at the bottom of the new hole and fill it with a slurry of manure and garden soil. I've always felt, without scientific evidence of any kind, it's also better to remove all the soil from the old hole and use it as topdressing somewhere else in the garden rather than replanting the new rose in it. My thinking with this method is that for the first year or two, most of the new rose roots will sit in this rich mixture before venturing off into the soil excavated by the older rose and by then will be strong enough to fend for themselves. I haven't had one fail to thrive after doing this. (Of course, sometimes ignorant neglect works. Two years ago I pulled out an underperforming John Cabot and threw the bare root under my deck beside the raspberry canes. Thing wouldn't do anything when nurtured in great soil conditions but in poor, shaded, acidic soil, it pushed its roots into the ground and started to grow. Now it's a living two-foot-tall bush and I'm not going to ever lay a hand or a pruner on it.) |
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digging up old roots/replanting
"Theo" wrote in message ws.com...
If it is the root stock Dr Huey it might take some effort to exterminate. I'm still battling a Huey I shovel pruned 2 years ago. Keeps putting out suckers every 2 months or so. Roses tend to deplete nutrients from the soil so putting a new rose in the same spot with out some real soil improvement is not a good idea. When I run into this situation I typically replace the soil in a 2'x2'x2' volume with fresh rich humus. Also add a couple of cups of 'time release' rose food pelets at the bottom. -- When replacing the losers in my garden I excavate a hole about half again as wide and deep as the pot, put a few handfuls of bone meal at the bottom of the new hole and fill it with a slurry of manure and garden soil. I've always felt, without scientific evidence of any kind, it's also better to remove all the soil from the old hole and use it as topdressing somewhere else in the garden rather than replanting the new rose in it. My thinking with this method is that for the first year or two, most of the new rose roots will sit in this rich mixture before venturing off into the soil excavated by the older rose and by then will be strong enough to fend for themselves. I haven't had one fail to thrive after doing this. (Of course, sometimes ignorant neglect works. Two years ago I pulled out an underperforming John Cabot and threw the bare root under my deck beside the raspberry canes. Thing wouldn't do anything when nurtured in great soil conditions but in poor, shaded, acidic soil, it pushed its roots into the ground and started to grow. Now it's a living two-foot-tall bush and I'm not going to ever lay a hand or a pruner on it.) |
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